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U.S. control on Puerto Rico
• The U.S. wanted to control Puerto Rico for these two reasons:
It had the new markets, raw materials, and cheaper labor that the U.S. greatly needed for production
The U.S. blamed the Spanish government for the explosion of the USS Maine because of a floating mine while in Cuba